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So thanks to myspace, I recently reconnected with one of my male friends from high school. He used to be one of my best friends–the closest thing I ever had to having a protective older brother– and I always thought very highly of him… still do. So we recently reconnected and are still in the process of talking about what our lives have been like for the last 15 years and last night we were chatting online about our respective relationships and he made an interesting comment.

He said that his girlfriend told him that he wasn’t “the marrying type” and he was sort of offended by that (despite the fact I think most guys would rejoice to hear that, especially if the girlfriend wasn’t breaking up with them after realizing it). And we talked a little bit about how he used to have romantic notions of finding the right girl to marry and all that… and then made the comment I found most interesting. He said… “Romance is hard to maintain though.”

I can see his point. I think a lot of guys run into this eventually. And I think it’s somewhat problematic in a lot of relationships because (1) women tend to like romance (or I should say it’s a bigger part of the relationship for them) than men; (2) most guys put in a lot of effort to be romantic in the early stages of a relationship and then don’t keep up that effort as the relationship becomes more secure and comfortable; and (3) the dwindling acts of romanticism on the guy’s part can cause the woman to feel like she’s now being taken for granted, or less appreciated than she once was.

So I decided to write a post on keeping romance alive… Continue reading →

Despite what you might have assumed from the title, I’m actually writing this post to help our male readers out. If you want to be attractive to women, there are a few pitfalls you need to avoid– no exceptions. And … Continue reading →

Okay… so thanks to a rather obscure comment one of our readers (Amy) made on Christopher’s ultra-controversial post about diamonds, I have been inspired to write a post about role playing. I’m not talking about the weird furries shit. I’m talking about fun little games that can make memories for a lifetime.

Here is a list of my favorite roles just to spark your own creativity… Continue reading →